CESifo Forum 4/2006

Focus: Enlargement of the euro area On monetary and political union (Paul De Grauwe) / Implications of country size and trade openness for euro area enlargement (Marcelo Sánchez) / Macroeconomic policy and EMU enlargement (Reinhard Neck with Gottfried Haber) / It´s political, stupid! - EMU enlargement between an economic rock and a political hard place - (Michael Bolle and Oliver Pamp) / The monetary policy consequences of enlargement (Carsten Hefeker) / Unfinished business? The ECB reform ahead of euro area enlargement (Helge Berger) / Special: The Doha Round of multilateral negotiations: A story of eternal stagnation and final suspension (Dilip K. Das) / Spotlights: EU accession candidates: Good economic performance / Spotlights: Is the dollar finally following the fundamentals? / Trends: Statistics Update